Well at least the Montenegro fans in the audience will have a ready-made chant:
Amadeus Amadeus... AmadeusAmadeus Amadeus... AmadeusAmadeus Amadeus... AmadeusAmadeus...COME ON ROCK ME RAMBO AMADEUS
― c'est ne pas un car wash (snoball), Thursday, 8 March 2012 10:18 (twelve years ago) link
can i play the piano anymore?of course you can!well i couldn't before!
― nathey, Thursday, 8 March 2012 10:19 (twelve years ago) link
The russian grans, is that not Bilko and co?
― Mark G, Thursday, 8 March 2012 10:22 (twelve years ago) link
LOL at the Russian grannies. Funny number, but I doubt it'll perform quite as well as Russia usually tend to do. :)Still reckon "Lady Alpine Blue" by Mumiy Troll is the best thing the Russians have ever entered there.
― Hongroe (Geir Hongro), Thursday, 8 March 2012 10:38 (twelve years ago) link
lady alpine blue is good, i prefer never let you go by dima bilan in 2006the year before was way better with cool vibes by vanilla ninja and in my dreams by wig wam (although the latter was a bit too bon jovi-esque)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDkqtAx31H4
― nathey, Friday, 9 March 2012 11:54 (twelve years ago) link
I reckon "Never Let You go" as a bit too much of a standard pop song, but it as better than the one he won with a couple years later.
― Hongroe (Geir Hongro), Friday, 9 March 2012 12:53 (twelve years ago) link
t.A.T.u and Serebro are probably the only Russian entries i've really loved. Peter Natlich was pretty good, though.
Ukraine have been consistently better over the last ten tears.
― Mohombi Khush Hua (ShariVari), Friday, 9 March 2012 13:07 (twelve years ago) link
Rambo Amadeus has been making music for over 20 years, his first album is super classic, making fun of Balkanic folk tropes in an endearingly goofy way - one thing ex-Yugoslavian peeps really excel at is making comedy music that's properly funny while also being, y'know, genuinely good music, and Rambo's debut is one of my favorite examples. (amongst other things it includes a ditty about a hard-working space-faring dad who returns to Earth wanting to make his wife pregnant with another child - only to find her in bed with their son, thus killing them both on sight!)
ever since then he's been gradually turning into some sort of Balkan-Zappa, becoming more wilfully difficult with every album, so nowadays he sounds like a rambling drunk backed by a random jazz bar-band rehearsing - god knows what he's got in store for ESC.
btw Romanian finals are being held tomorrow, very much rooting for this to win:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifXJEFXXTjc
― Mind Taker, Friday, 9 March 2012 15:37 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SCb0nrjVno
This is the Swedish entry then. Doing the David Guetta thing makes it sound very much up-to-date for the hitlists, but being up-to-date for the hitlists has often meant few votes from Eastern and Southern Europe. May well be another disappointment for Sweden after last year's good result.
― Hongroe (Geir Hongro), Sunday, 11 March 2012 00:17 (twelve years ago) link
This Romanian song is pretty cool. Bagpipes!
― Doch! (seandalai), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 01:48 (twelve years ago) link
Did you say that like Jarvis, while waving yr hands?
― Mark G, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 12:30 (twelve years ago) link
Mandinga have won (hooray!) but i'm not 100% sure if i want them to win the whole thing, Costi Ionita's ego is rampant enough as it is ;) anyways he's one of my favourite producers right now - while i don't really rate most of his Romanian stuff, his pop-folk/chalga output for the Bulgarian market is just sooooooo so good
― Mind Taker, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 15:20 (twelve years ago) link
His stuff with Andrea is great.
― Une semaine de Bunty (ShariVari), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 15:30 (twelve years ago) link
Euro Neuro is here! It's good and a nice contrast, but not so good that I'll be crushed when it comes last in its semi:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSx0WCiDzDE
― Doch! (seandalai), Thursday, 15 March 2012 21:34 (twelve years ago) link
I am having sights of this guy with a bazooka and a swearing tie. [http://www.wpclipart.com/famous/composers/Wolfgang_Amadeus_Mozart.png/]
― Hongroe (Geir Hongro), Friday, 16 March 2012 02:20 (twelve years ago) link
What the hell!!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kQBEzzFRBs
Oooooo, Ooo OooooI like itAre you ready for a late night chat?And a song about the InternetIt’s the story of a social doerYou’ve never seen beforeIf you want to be seen by everyoneWanna be in the dream and have some funIf you want to be on the hookSimply take a lookFacebook Uh, oh, ohEverybody loves you soFacebook Uh, oh, ohEverybody that you know
If you want to be seen by everyoneWanna be in the dream and have some funIf you want to be on the hookSimply take a look
Facebook Uh, oh, ohEverybody loves you soFacebook Uh, oh, ohEverybody that you know
This is the best song ever.
― Doch! (seandalai), Friday, 16 March 2012 22:44 (twelve years ago) link
If this was two years ago and instead of Facebook the lyrics mentioned ChatRoulette, then I could get behind it.
― a dramatic lemon curd experience (snoball), Friday, 16 March 2012 22:46 (twelve years ago) link
do you wanna play cyber sex again?do you wanna come to my houseand click me with your mouse?
0_0
― Une semaine de Bunty (ShariVari), Friday, 16 March 2012 22:48 (twelve years ago) link
The rest of the lyrics are about cybersex and "click on my mouse" btw.
xp
― Doch! (seandalai), Friday, 16 March 2012 22:50 (twelve years ago) link
Glad to see Ralph Siegel strike again with his special brand of catchy inanity.
― Doch! (seandalai), Friday, 16 March 2012 22:52 (twelve years ago) link
uh, so a certain section of Eurovision entries now resembles those fake chat windows that pop up on dubious websites and say things like "Hi! This is amazing, I'm near you in 127.0.0.1!"
― a dramatic lemon curd experience (snoball), Friday, 16 March 2012 22:56 (twelve years ago) link
It's basically "Sex over the phone" for the uh what do we call this decade? but without the Village People.
― Doch! (seandalai), Friday, 16 March 2012 23:00 (twelve years ago) link
I've been thinking about "Facebook, Uh Oh Oh" a bit on account of having it stuck in my head all day...My guess is that it's directly inspired by "Friday"'s success in the sense that San Marino decided the way to get 100m views with zero marketing budget is via an easily parodiable video and a risibly stupid song. They have to know that they'll be forced to change the lyrics for the contest so it looks like they're just trying to invade everyone's mind beforehand.
― Doch! (seandalai), Saturday, 17 March 2012 19:56 (twelve years ago) link
You might be right.
It looks like they've already been told that they'll need to change the lyrics.
― Une semaine de Bunty (ShariVari), Sunday, 18 March 2012 18:59 (twelve years ago) link
So it's the 2012 Eurovision UK Entry:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFNv9pjqZkk
Well, it's one of the better snoozeballads I guess.
― Doch! (seandalai), Monday, 19 March 2012 16:03 (twelve years ago) link
"Facebook will set you freeeeee..."
― Mark G, Monday, 19 March 2012 16:13 (twelve years ago) link
chord change shenanigans covering up a lack of actual song imo
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Monday, 19 March 2012 16:30 (twelve years ago) link
Don't have nightmares, do sleep well.
http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/59165000/jpg/_59165863_59165862.jpg
― Jeff W, Monday, 19 March 2012 18:22 (twelve years ago) link
otm
It's a shame because it suggests, in flashes, they could have come up with something pretty great had they had a better writer. I really like his voice.
― Une semaine de Bunty (ShariVari), Monday, 19 March 2012 18:36 (twelve years ago) link
me too!! something i never imagined saying or thinking.
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Monday, 19 March 2012 20:13 (twelve years ago) link
Voice way better than the song. Clearly the UK does't want the expense of hosting the contest the year after the Olympics (although surely the infrastructure left over from the Games would make this easier?), but OTOH we have to at least look like we're making an effort. And for the second year we're fielding an act that people have heard of, and who isn't singing a joke of a song.
― a dramatic lemon curd experience (snoball), Monday, 19 March 2012 21:11 (twelve years ago) link
I still don't understand Eurovision at all but it still makes me very, very happy
― thuggish ruggish Brahms (DJP), Monday, 19 March 2012 21:26 (twelve years ago) link
Jonathan Ross at the age of 87 / a melted Terry Wogan?
― James Mitchell, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 08:15 (twelve years ago) link
The UK flag makes him look like a Presidential candidate.
― a dramatic lemon curd experience (snoball), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 08:58 (twelve years ago) link
That doesn't make much sense, but coming after 'a melted Terry Wogan' I thought I could get away with it.
And how nice of Engelbert to wear a black tie in anticipation of our song getting buried by the competition.
― a dramatic lemon curd experience (snoball), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 08:59 (twelve years ago) link
Surprisingly good for an Engelbert song. Still don't think it would be a potential winner, but may appeal well to many older watchers.
― Hongroe (Geir Hongro), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 12:41 (twelve years ago) link
The UK flag makes him look like a Presidential candidate
You mean, the UK has a president? :)
― Hongroe (Geir Hongro), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 12:42 (twelve years ago) link
The UK has been drawn first. Oh well!
― mike t-diva, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 12:56 (twelve years ago) link
As a song, it's OK and no more; the key changes are over-obvious and were clearly put in to prove that EH still has a voice. It's stuck with me since I heard it, though. Nice rusty Kenny Rogers edges to his voice; another candidate for the Rick Rubin treatment? In the video he looks like Bryan Ferry's unfunny uncle but the closing blackout is haunting - he's not saying goodbye, of course, but it comes across that way.
Alas, since it's first on it'll probably be forgotten when it comes to voting. Not sure if it'll be that big a chart hit either but that's perhaps the fault of the charts rather than Mr Humperdinck.
― Here he is with the classic "Poème Électronique." Good track (Marcello Carlin), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 18:14 (twelve years ago) link
So San Marino's entry has been amended to "The Social Network Song". Still classic.
― Doch! (seandalai), Thursday, 22 March 2012 23:20 (twelve years ago) link
BBC's trailers for the final are already going for the lulz. "Get behind the Hump", says Graham Norton.
― banal like a null (snoball), Saturday, 19 May 2012 17:33 (eleven years ago) link